27 titles, 27 World Series facts
David Schoenfield, Page 2In honor of the Yankees' 27th title, Page 2 presents 27 Fall Classic factoids that no one thought of but us.
Story | Conversation | November 05, 2009Zito bolsters Giants' wild-card push
Buster OlneyRemember when Barry Zito tried to remake his mechanics, when he showed up to his first spring training with the Giants intent on improving his velocit...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 30, 2009
Giants hold off Rockies, move within one game of NL wild card
Associated PressBarry Zito carried a shutout into the ninth inning, Pablo Sandoval homered and the San Francisco Giants got within a game of the Colorado Rockies for the NL wild card by beating them 5-3 Saturday night.
Recap | Box Score | Conversation | August 29, 2009Lincecum solid as Giants shrink Rockies' wild-card lead
Associated PressTim Lincecum's eight solid innings led the Giants past the Rockies and within two games of the wild card lead.
Recap | Box Score | Conversation | August 28, 2009Wednesday Wangdoodles
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...That'll play. • Walkoff Walk's Rob Iracane pens a love letter to Jeff Kent (not). • This is just a good baseball story. • Speaking of good baseball stories, Jeff...
Blog | August 26, 2009Inside another great Colorado run
Buster OlneyThere was gleeful jumping and running and hat-tossing and a pig-pile kind of thing, and this was all taking place about 1,500 miles away from the Litt...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 25, 2009
Painfully true stories of injury cover-ups
Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.comBrett Myers recently had to set the record straight about his eye injury, reminding Jerry Crasnick of nine other infamous injury cover-ups.
Story | Conversation | August 19, 2009Giving Helton his due
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...of him in that balloting. Again, road stats only: Player Pos. BA/OBP/SLG Runs/RBI Jeff Kent 2B .333/.429/.624 61/65 Barry Bonds LF .291/.431/.633 65/48 Mike Piazza...
Blog | August 12, 2009Do promos foretell T.O.'s early 'Superstars' exit?
Tim Graham, AFC East...be sent home." Owens and Krupa flip their kayak twice, losing to former major leaguer Jeff Kent and model Ali Landry. "This does not look good for T.O. and Joanna,"...
Blog | June 23, 2009Our (preliminary) All-Decade Team
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotAs promised, a fisking of Matt Waters' All-Aughts Team: 1B Albert Pujols 2B Jeff Kent SS Derek Jeter 3B Alex Rodriguez LF Barry Bonds CF Carlos Beltran RF Vladimir Guerrero Pujols...
Blog | June 01, 2009Russ Martin's recipe for success
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...the Great Leader? Martin said he's now learned from watching Ramirez and former teammate Jeff Kent to, "save everything for the game." "This year I'm taking a...
Blog | May 15, 2009Ibanez, Hudson among best offseason moves; Bradley on opposite end
ESPN.com...spring and told me the Dodgers had the best defensive infield in the NL. Hudson replaced Jeff Kent, who wasn't as bad as people were saying but, at the end of his career...
Page | ConversationFirst Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopGarry D. Howard of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: "Much more than Michael Redd's professional basketball future was in doubt with the devast...
Blog | January 27, 2009BP Daily: Infielders Anonymous
Kevin Goldstein, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus examines the reasons why guys drafted as shortstops -- like Ryan Braun -- don't usually play there when they get to the pros and considers some current top prospects who might need to change their positions in the bigs.
Story | Conversation | August 10, 2009
Dodgers dropping back to pack
Buster OlneyI hated the Cincinnati Reds as a kid, because they were the Big Red Machine that seemed to zoom past my own favorite team, the Dodgers, giving me litt...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 09, 2009
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